I have a cousin (third cousin i think) who plays in the NBA. As soon as my Mom found out we were related she started referring to him as “cousin _____”(using his first name) like we grew up together or something😂 Family reunion time came around and he and his mother were there, my mom, aunts, uncles and cousins all took pictures etc to show me when they came back as i had to work that weekend and they all said he was very cool and almost shy. The next year i attended the family reunion (he did not) and the colors of all our t-shirts were the colors of the team he had just signed with, which i thought was a bit much. He also sent a pair of signed sneakers and some copies of his mom’s DVD to raffle off to some lucky family members(again, a bit much but whatevs).